{"id":14374,"date":"2020-05-06T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=14374"},"modified":"2020-05-06T08:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:17:14","slug":"current-year-changes-to-flexible-spending-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2020\/05\/06\/current-year-changes-to-flexible-spending-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Year Changes to Flexible Spending Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DCFSA Qualifying Life Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With day cares closed in response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, you can make adjustments to your Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) contributions <strong>within 31 days <\/strong>of the Qualifying Life Event by submitting a Change in Dependent Care Form to Employee Services. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/docs\/qualifying-life-change-guide-change-child-or-dependent-care-needs\">https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/docs\/qualifying-life-change-guide-change-child-or-dependent-care-needs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation for July 1:\u00a0 Do not sign up for DCFSA during Open Enrollment if you are unsure of needs come July 1.\u00a0 As soon as your daycare resumes, submit the above form within 31 days to start your DCFSA again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HCFSA and HSA Qualifying Expense Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a Health Care\u00a0Flexible Spending Account (HCFSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA),\u00a0Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) has expanded\u00a0the qualified items you can pay for with these accounts.\u00a0For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/blog\/work-life\/new-items-added-fsa-hsa-qualified-expenses\">https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/blog\/work-life\/new-items-added-fsa-hsa-qualified-expenses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:benefits@cu.edu\">benefits@cu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phone:\u00a0 303-860-4200<\/p>\n<p>Option 3 \u2013 Benefits Professionals<\/p>\n<p>Option 2 \u2013 Payroll Professionals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCFSA Qualifying Life Event With day cares closed in response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, you can make adjustments to your Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) contributions within 31 days of the Qualifying Life Event by submitting a Change in Dependent Care Form to Employee Services. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/docs\/qualifying-life-change-guide-change-child-or-dependent-care-needs &nbsp; Recommendation for July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-14374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}